PSYB51H3 Lecture 1: Lecture 1 Notes PSYB51
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If you"re talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then real is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain. This is the world that you know. (cid:499) Morpheus" answer to neo in the matrix, 1999. Plato"s (cid:498)the allegory of the cave(cid:499) (cid:523)380 bce(cid:524) Our conception of reality is critically dependent on information gathered through our senses; our perception is limited. Perception and your sense of reality are the products of Importance of type of energy in the environment determines which senses have developed. Ben underwood; a boy that had cancer in his eyes and had lost his eyesight at the age of two, used clicks made with his tongue to identify objects. (cid:498)you can never step into the same river twice(cid:499) The idea that perceiver cannot perceive the same event in exactly the same manner each time: experience/ learning, adaptation.
